The controversial former NBA All-Star originally known as Ron Artest signs one-year deal to play for Sichuan Blue Whales.
Former NBA star Yao Ming watches a student as he helps him improve his basketball skills during his visit to Huilei School in Beijing’s Changping district, on June 30, 2013.
Chinese women's basketball team resisted the challenge from their Australian counterpart to hold off the latter 69-64 in Game 1 of Sino-Australian Women's International Basketball Challenge on Wednesday.
A US high school basketball coach on Monday warned that young Chinese players face slower progress due to muscle differences between that of a US player of the same age.
Yao Ming has retired. Liu Xiang has an injured Achilles tendon and his future is up in the air, so who will be the next sporting superstar from Shanghai?
Panagiotis Giannakis, newly-appointed coach of China's men's national basketball team picks questions from the press on arrival at the Beijing Capital International Airport May 14, 2013.
Yao Ming and his Shanghai Sharks basketball team are in Manila on a friendly visit, local media reported.
NBA announced Thursday that NBA teams and players will donate one million yuan ($162,000) to support earthquake relief efforts in Southwest China.
A baby giraffe in Houston named after retired NBA star Yao Ming died after contracting infection, a local TV channel reported on April 19.
A university freshman was killed in a freak accident after dunking a basketball and becoming impaled on a faulty pole in East China on Tuesday.
Former NBA basketball player Yao Ming (C), who is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), lines to enter the Great Hall of the People for a plenary session inBeijingMarch 11, 2013.
A former captain of China's national basketball team has tried to sell his medals to raise funds for an ailing friend but has failed to find a buyer for the memorabilia.
Former NBA star Yao Ming spent seven days writing his proposals, focusing on the best way to develop sports in the country.
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